September 11, 2005: A win in Belgium for Kimi Raikkonen kept his slim championship hopes alive while Fernando Alonso continued to make heavy weather of winning the crown by finishing second. He retained his championship lead but the margin over Raikkonen was reduced.

September 4, 2005: After a recent run of success, speed and reliability, Kimi Raikkonen went to Monza with high hopes. Instead it was Juan Pablo Montoya who won for the second time in 2005, with Raikkonen again suffering an engine change and a grid drop to 11th